5 tips to look chic & slim with neutral hues

As encountered in the previous post, neutral colors are a powerful yet easy tool to enhance your style, as they allow a chic and flattering outcome, offer a nearly infinite possibility of choice, and are suitable for infinite combinations. Once a color has become neutral, it becomes easier to match it up with all others. . If you want to maximize their sophisticate allure while making you look slimmer, though, some considerations are necessary in order to make the most of their countless perks. Here are a few effective tips that you can use while picking our your daily outfit: 1. When using neutrals for your main garments (meaning tops/shirts and pants/skirts), always pair neutrals that have approximately the same intensity. This means picking out hues that contain more or less the same amount of black, avoiding pairing light hues with too dark ones (which would visually break the figure, making it look fuller). . 2. You may use darker or lighter shades for accessories or details. For instance, adding a neutral, light-colored accessory to a neutral, dark-colored outfit will ensure a sophisticated and polished outcome and increase your charme, while bringing attention away from your hips. 3. Give preference to clean, simple lines. This is always helpful to make you […]

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Neutral colors: a tool to flatter your figure

Smart use of colors is one of the key tools when it comes to looking fashionable while flattering your figure. A wise color combination can indeed make the most of your assets, enhancing your body type and making your silhouette look more proportional. . The easiest approach to colors usually consists in picking out a base hue, then pairing it to one or more of its countless nuances and variations. This approach to color combination, though, can be quite tricky, as a slight variation in tone can indeed completely change a given tonality and make it unsuitable for certain pairings. Furthermore, not everyone knows that the perception of a specific hue may completely change depending on the other surrounding colors. The example in the image below makes it crystal clear: the two small squares look different, but they are exactly the same shade! . To play it safe, one of the easiest ways is making extensive use of neutral colors (which, among other things, is totally fashionable this season, meaning that the options are nearly endless). As already encountered when talking about the tricks to flatter your figure with jeans, neutral colors will give you the opportunity to really go wild with an infinite possibility of choices, allowing to get […]

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